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Anthony English is an independent contractor who solves expensive problems for businesses running IBM Power Systems.
He has written extensively about AIX and has been recognised for his contributions and thought leadership by being named an IBM Champion for Power Systems.

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Recycle your typos Do you use control-c a lot? What about the backspace key? I have to admit that on the command line I'm a pretty sloopy typsit sloppy typist, but I've learned one trick which saves me thousands of keystrokes. Here it is: Esc # Why is that so helpful? First of all, it turns your mistyped line into a comment. More importantly, it saves the line into your shell history, so you can recall it later. A comment on your mistakes You might not have thought of putting comments on the command line. Many people don't put them into their... [More]